So apparently if you play video games you are one step closer to being qualified to run for mayor in Oklahoma?

Like any red-blooded American teenager, John Tyler Hammons digs rock music, fast cars, video games and…fiscal planning?

Apparently so. The AP reports that the University of Oklahoma freshman trounced 70 year-old Hershel McBride to become the mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma, making it the first city in the nation to be governed by a self-admitted gamer.

It is an interesting turn of events that a young guy could crush the older veteran opponent and openly admit that he plays video games. The people of Muskogee backed the younger gamer candidate because he had no affiliations and was a fresh new face with no political ties or agendas. A step forward for all video gamers of the world, perhaps a step backwards for the people in Muskogee.

[Via Yahoo]